Stripper-harvester.



PATEN TED EEB. 12.1907.

J. J. CHARLEY. STRIPPER HARVESTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.9. 1904.

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STRIPPER HARVESTER.

APPLICATION FILED DO.9. 1904.

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No. 844,000. PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907. J. J. CHARLEY.

STRIPPER HARVESTER.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 9. 1904.

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Application filed December 9.1504.

To a/ZZ wiz/m, it may concer/1,:

Be itknown that I, JOHN JOSEPH CHARLEY,

a subject of the King of Great Britain, and

resident of Hareiield, in the State of New South Wales, in the Commonwealth of Aus- Y tralia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stripper-Harvesters and I hereby declare that the` following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to a stripper-harvester comprising a harvester-frame, a combdrumfmeans for pivotally connecting the comb-drum to the harvester-frame, supporting-arms to sustain the comb-drum in its adjusted position, means for operatively positioning the supporting-arms whereby the comb-drum may be adjusted to the height of the, crop Without altering the position or affecting the arrangement of any yof the other, parts of the apparatus, an Archimedean screw to receive the grain from the comb-drum, a thresher-drum to receive the grain from the Archimedean screw, a winnower, a chute leading from the threshing-drum to the winnower, a driving-wheel located outside the line .of draft, a ground-wheel of less diameter than the driving-wheel located beneath the drum incasing the Archimedean screw, and an axle for tie driving and ground wheels cranked to suit their respective diameters, as hereinafter more fully set forth, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the followinoP description and to the accompanying drawin s, in whichigure 1 is a plan view of a motor-driven stripper-harvester. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan vienT of the stripper-harvester constructed. for draft purposes. Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan vievT of part of the construction shown in Fig. 1, showing the supporting-arms for the combdrum; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 2. 6 is a perspective View with the casing of the comb-drum partly broken away to show the stripperteeth, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the motive means for driving the harvester.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the specification and drawings. n

The stripper-harvester consists, essentially, of a harvester-frame g; a shaft b, supported therefrom by standards 11; a comb- I Specification of Letters I Patented Feb. 12, 1907.

`drum o, pivotally supported from the shaft b and having its forward end, with the strippercombs a ,projecting in advance of the iront of the harvester-frame; supporting-arms c, having at their free ends antifrietion-rollers c', engaging with projecting lugs c at the rigidly connected to a rock-shaft c2, having an arm d, operated by connecting-links d from the cranked part c of the crank-shaft e; an arm f for the crank-shaft e, having a ropepulley f; a rope g, having one end fastened l to a hook or stud f" on the harvester-frame g', engaging the rope-pulley f and wound on the rope-drum 71 journaled in a standard h supported from the harvester-frame g and provided with a hand-wheel h, whereby the rope can be wound on or unwound from the rope-drum. A

The position of the comb-drum is adjusted tothe height of the crop by winding' or un- Winding the rope upon the rope-drum -to bring the stripper-combs a into a plane from the stalks during the advance of the harvester. As the rope is Wound on the ropedrum the arm j is drawn forward to rock the crank-shaft e and causo it, through the agency of its crank e and connecting-links d, to force the arm d forward and rock the shaft c2 to raise the .armc into the elevated position shown in Fig. 5, so that they will raise the forward end .of the comb-drum to elevate the stripper combs. By unwinding the rope from the rope-drum to move in the opposite direction to that shown by arrow the combdrum, supporting-arm, rock-shaft, connecting-links,v crank-shaft, cranks, and pulleyarm move toward or into theiposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. ,5. The comb-drum as it moves between its positions as above described swings irom its ivotal connection` with the shaft b and positions the strippercomb to engage the crop without requiring -justment oi the other parts of the apparatus. VVhen--the grain is stripped from the stalks by the stripper-comb, ,it is delivered/into the comb-drum in a partially-threshed condition and then delivered from the comb-drum to the Archiinedean screw y', which conveys it to a second drum k, Where it `is threshed and then delivered through the chute Z to the winno'wer m.

In Fig. l the harvester is shown to be where they will engage and strip the grain any alteration to or any variation in the addriven by a motor In, having a driving-Wheel sides of the comb-drum a, and their iixed ends 1 IOO IOv

n', both of Which are of any usual type and which it is not .considered necessary to illustrate in detail, as they'do not constitute any part of the present invention.

In Fig. 3 the harvester is shown to be provided With a draft-pole fi.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A stripper-harvester comprising a combdrum, a shaft, means for rockably suspending the comb-drum Jfrom said shaft, arms supporting the comb-drum, a rock-shaft Jfor tne supporting-arms provided with a crank-arm, a counter-shaft having a crank-arm, a link connection for the crank-arms of the rock and counter shafts, a pulley-arm for the counter-shaft and a rope-p alley carried thereby, a

Winding-drum and a rope connected at one end to the harvester-frame, passed over the rope-pulley, and wound on the Winding-drum to actuate the counter-shaft.

2. A stripper-harvester comprising a combdrum, a shaft, means for l'ockaoly suspending the comb-drum from said shaft, arms supporting the comb-drum, a rock-shaft for the supporting-arms, a crank-arm for. the rockshaft, a counter-shaft having a crank-arm, a link connection coupling the crank-arms of the ro'ck and counter shafts, a ulley-ai'in for the counter-shaft, 4a rope-pulll y carried by the pulley-arm, a Winding-drum, a rope connected at one end to the harvester-frame passed over the rope-pulley and Wound n the Winding-drum to actuate the countershaft, .a threshing-drum, an Archimedean screw to convey the grain from thecombdrum to the. threshing-drum and a Winnower to receive the grain from the threshing-drum.

3. A stripper-harvester comprising a harvester-frame, a comb-drum, means for pivdrum, an fuchinxedean screw to convey thc grain Vfrom the comb-drum to the threshingdruiu, and a winnower to receive the grain from the threshing-drum. .i

Signed at Wagga Wagga this 24th day of August, 1904.

JOHN J. CHAELEY.

Witnesses: l

GEORGE COLEMAN, E. W. BOOTH. 

